The Okmulgee Times Bingo game is back by popular demand!

Your Okmulgee Times is kicking off our annual Bingo game. Readers will find an official Bingo game card inside this issue. The first Bingo numbers will be printed in the Friday, March 28, issue of your Okmulgee Times in the following advertisers’ ads:

• Able Roofing & Construction • Advanced Auto & Towing

• Anchor Financial Services

• Dairy Queen

• El Avocado

• Gen II Fire Protection (Prize Sponsor)

• Kirby’s Cafe

• Shelter Insurance (Andrea Mabrey)

• Sonic Each of the sponsor’s ads will contain one Bingo call number in every issue until all of the prizes have been awarded. Patient (and lucky) players will ultimately get the chance for a total of $500 in prize money.

“We like to sponsor things that are fun, and I like that people will get a lot of enjoyment out of opening the paper every day for their number and seeing our name tied to this,” said Chelsie, owner of Gen II Fire Protection, who is this year’s prize sponsor. “Five hundred dollars would help a lot of households during this trying time.”

When you see a Bingo number in the paper that appears on your card, please mark it in a way that the printed number can be seen clearly. The first person to present a winning Bingo card at the Okmulgee Times office located at 320 W. 6th Street in Okmulgee will be a prize winner. The office is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Prizes will be awarded for the following:

• First Straight Line wins $25

• First Diagonal wins $25

• First “4 Corners” wins $50

• First “O” wins $50

• First “T” wins $50

• First Blackout wins $300 The game concludes once all cash prizes are awarded.

Only one Bingo playing card per person will be available at no charge at the Okmulgee Times office. This is only while supplies last. Employees or immediate family members are not eligible to participate or win. Numbers will be posted in the office after they appear in the newspaper, but will not be released over the phone or on our website.

“We’re always looking for ways to involve our readers, and we wanted to give not only our subscribers but our single copy purchaser’s additional enjoyment over the next couple of months through the paper,” Okmulgee Times representative Denise Frost said. “We chose bingo for this readership game because we know it’s popular and an easy game to play.”

Players must be at least 18 years of age to enter. It must be an original Bingo card from Okmulgee Times to be accepted for validation and to claim any prizes. See the back of the inserted Bingo flyer for complete details and rules.